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CAPACITY BUILDING ON FOOD SECURITY STATISTICS FROM HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SURVEYS Statistics Division - 2007. Objectives. To strengthen capability on food security analysis in countries To allow countries to produce sub-national estimates
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CAPACITY BUILDING ON FOOD SECURITY STATISTICS FROM HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SURVEYS Statistics Division - 2007
Objectives • To strengthen capability on food security analysis in countries • To allow countries to produce sub-national estimates • To derive relevant indicators, applying computerized systems for analyzing appropriate household survey data
Programme activities: • Technical assistance to selected countries • National Demonstration Centres (NDC)
Coverage • 21 African countries (English speaking) • 16 Asian countries • 12 Eastern Europe countries • 4 CIS countries • 9 African countries (French speaking) • 10 Near East countries • 19 Latin America and the Caribbean countries (planned for next year)
National Demonstration Centres Bangkok, Thailand, August 2002 Accra, Ghana, September 2003 Sinaia, Romania, March 2004 Cairo, Egypt, April 2005 Bamako, Mali, August 2007 San José, Costa Rica, April 2008
Data requirement Recent household survey with national and sub-national representativeness
Household Survey Types • HIES • Household Income and Expenditure • HBS • Household Budget • LSMS • Living Standards Measurement Study
Participants Country representatives from: • National Statistical Organization • National Planning Agency or Food Security Unit
Programme Modules LECT: lectures on conceptual and methodological issues DEMO: derivation and analysis of food security statistics, using pre-defined computerized modules LAB: participant countries perform the data processing and analysis using their own surveys
Food security statistics • Dietary energy consumption • Access to food / inequality in food consumption distribution • Food deprivation and overnourishment at national and sub-national levels • Food deprivation and poverty • Food deprivation and child malnutrition